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Date of Birth
5 August 1935, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Birth Name
Carmine Orrico

Height
5' 10½" (1.79 m)

Spouse
Gloria Martel (29 August 2008 - present)
Mary Ann Saxon (14 January 1967 - 27 December 1979) (divorced) 1 child

Trivia

Was a celebrity player (along with Betty White) on the final week of the cult-classic gameshow "Celebrity Whew!" (1979) (when the show was known as "Celebrity Whew!").

Was discovered by an agent who saw him in a posed shot on the cover of "True Romances" magazine.

Has a black belt in karate.

Has one son, Antonio Saxon with his former wife Mary Ann Saxon.

Is fluent in Italian (His ancestors left Italy for the US and he 's worked on and off in that part of Europe since the early 60s).

Is Italian-American. The son of immigrants from Calabria, Italy.

Attended North Hollywood High School.



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